Semana
Santa
Prohibition
On
Sale
of
Liquor
Continues
Semana
Santa
or
Holy
Week
is
around
the
corner
and
a
new
law
to changes,
however, restaurants
and
bars
in
Costa
Rica
will
go
dry.

As
well,
supermarkets
and
liquor
stores
have
to
suspend
all
sales
of
liquor,
beer
and
wine
on
Thursday
and
Friday
(April
5
and
6).

The
new
"ley
de
licores"
would
leave
the
implementation
of
whether
to
ban
sales
of
liquor
during
Semana
Santa
and
in
elections.
However,
the
text
has
not
been
approved
and
the
bill
is
currently
before
the Comisión
de
consultas
de
Constitucionalidad
de
la
Asamblea
Legislativa
(legislative
commission)
as
directed
by
the
Constitutional
Court.